The rich will do as always.

Just think. If we had taken all the money we've poured into senseless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and routed it instead into improving America's infrastructure. We'd be so much better off. The economy might still be weak. But it'd be a heck of a lot better than now. Because the money would have been well-spent. On re-building America. And providing jobs. We'd have something to show for all that expenditure. Instead, it's wasted money. Poured down a rat hole, so to speak. Now we're finally getting around to belatedly spending economic stimulus money on the very projects that should have been built with money that went into national defense. And now Republicans are complaining because Democrats are spending too much. These are the same Republicans that spent exorbitant sums on unnecessary wars. The Republicans inherited a budget surplus in 2000. And turned it into mind-boggling deficits. Largely by waging war. While ignoring the nation's domestic needs. Yes, they are the ones that got us into this mess. And if they had their way, we'd stay bogged down. We elected Barack Obama and the Democrats to try to lead us out of the wilderness and back to respectability. Back to good times. But Republicans seem to have an attitudinal problem. They're still mired down in the old ways of doing things. They want to keep giving the rich more tax breaks. On the theory that the money will trickle down. To the common folk. To the middle class and the poor. When really, the rich will do as always. Pocket the money. Live in luxury and splendor. And not give a damn about the widening gap between the rich and poor. --Jim Broede